Sewage odors reported on Spa Creek

The city on Friday placed a sign warning against water contact after heavy rains by a creek leading to Spa Creek. (City of Annapolis / HANDOUT)

A citizen was so overwhelmed by the stench of sewage while boating in Spa Creek Saturday he contacted city officials.

But public works crews could find no leaks or problems in the system.

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"Our monitoring system, which checks the pipes and pumping stations, showed no indication of a problem or leak," David Jarrell, city public works director, said Monday afternoon. "And we sent out crews today. They checked the entire system in the area, including the pumping stations, and could find nothing."

The city on Friday placed two warning signs at Spa Creek stream crossings on South Cherry Grove Avenue and near the Chesapeake Children's Museum. After the city announced those warnings due to high bacteria counts, an Annapolie boater felt he should report his experience.

"I came into the creek toward Spa Drive, smelled it on the way in," he said in an email. "We confirmed it on the way out of the creek. And we smelled it later that night, it was just as bad. ... There is no mistaking the stink."